Improvement in the manufacture of books



G. H. REYNOLDS.

MANUFACTURE OF BOOKS.

Patenfied May16,1876.

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GEORGE H. REYNOLDS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TOROBERT BURNET, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

177,354, dated May 16, 1876; application filed July as, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE H. REYNOLDS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Books; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Prior to my invention, all books had their filling or sections of paper secured by sewing with thread or cord, and when it is desired to remove a sheet or section from the book, it can only be done by cutting the thread or tearing the section from the book, thus incurring the danger of loosening the remaining sections, and'the destruction of the book; besides, the manufacture of such books is alway attended with great expense. 1

Now, it is the object of my invention to manufacture books that shall be stronger,

more durable, and much less expensive than a sewed book, and that shall possess the additional advantage of enabling any person to remove a single sheet or section, or any number of sections of paper from the book, and to substitute at pleasure new sections for those removed, without the slightest injury to the remaining sections, or to the case; to which end my invention consists in the use of a back having wires passing through it, and projecting from its surface, which wires pass through the fold of the sheets or sections of paper, and

are bent down against the paper so as to lock the sections securely to the back.

My improved book is peculiarly useful for invoice, scrap, sample, and all books where pasting of miscellaneous matter in the book is the chief object required.

In the accompanying plate of drawings, Figure 1 represents the case of the book. Fig. 2 represents the finished book with one of its sections laid open at the fold, showing the method of locking the sections to the back. Fig. 3 is a back view of wire-lock back, showing the method of securing the wirestaples to the back. Fig. 4 is a front view of the back, showing the perforations through which the wires are passed. Fig. 5 is across-section of Fig. 2 through the line m or, showing two of the sections of paper locked to the back, and showing projecting staple-wires ready for locking the remaining sections of paper to the back.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the back of the case, made of bindersboard, of a corresponding width with that in I 0, Fig. 4., and I then take wirestaples and press the ends through the perforations, and after all of the holes are filled with the staples, I hammer them down until all of them are brought flush with the back of the board, as

shown at G, Fig. 3, leaving the ends of the staples projecting from the surface of the board that has been covered with the binderscloth. The wire-lock back being thus finished, it is ready to be attached to the case, which is done by gluing the board at the back, and placing it in the case in contact with the back A, so that the side lines F shall be in exact line. I then place small blocks between and extending above the rows of projecting wires, and I apply pressure to the blocks, so as to force the wire-lock back in exact contact with the back of the. case. I then proceed to paste down the projecting sides of the binders-cloth to the joints of the covers, and then attach the lining. The case is then ready to receive the sections of paper. I then use a saw and cut the sections on the back through the fold, so that the saw-cuts shall correspond with the lines of wire in the back. The sections should be cut deep enough to allow the staple wires to pass through freely. I then take the first section and open it in the center, and through the saw-cuts I pass'the first line of wires run-' ning the length of the book. I then bend the wires .down in reverse directions until they are brought in contact with the paper, and I so proceed until all of the sections are locked to the back. D "D, Fig. 2,8110% the sides ofone of the sections, and G shows the staple wires passed through the saw-cuts in the fold of the section, and the ends of the staplewireshnt down locking the section to the back.

I am enabled to manufacture my hook ata cost not exceeding fit'ty p"r centsof that required to manufacture a sewed book.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The wire-lock back B, having side extensions E E, rows of perforations O O O 0 through the body of the back, with'staplewiresGflG G- passing through the perforations, and projectin g from the surface of the back, and secured in their positions by the bent ends of the staples being in contact with the reverse side of the back, substantially as shown and for the :pur-

pose described.

2. The new article (sh mmer-dictum, a book coiistriictdwith an outercifse havinga back,

A, and an inner wire-lock back, B, with side extensions E E, rows of perforations O O O 0,

wires G G G G passing through perforations 1 and "extending from "the surface (if the back and passing through *thefolds of the sheets or sections D D, with the ends of the wires bent down against the inner folds of the sheets a or sections,lockin-gth'em securely to the back,

substantially as described. p

I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of July, 1875.

GEORGE H. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses P. ONEILL, W EDWARDJ. BENIN. 

